Follow the User?!

Data Donation Studies for Collecting Digital Trace Data


Session 1️⃣ : Welcome & Intro to Digital Traces

Frieder Rodewald (University of Mannheim) & Valerie Hase (LMU Munich)

👉 Part of the SPP DFG Project Integrating Data Donations in Survey Infrastructure

Who are you?

Please raise your hand 🤚 if you ….

  • are familiar with the term digital trace data
  • have worked with APIs
  • have worked with data donation
  • have worked with automated content analysis
  • regularly use programming languages (e.g., R, Python)

Who are we: Frieder Rodewald

Frieder Rodwald

PhD, University of Mannheim (DFG project on data donation)

Research interests:

  • CSS (automated content analysis, digital traces, bias)

  • Privacy concerns & behavior

More info: github.com/frodew & frieder-rodewald.de

Who are we: Valerie Hase

Valerie Hase

Akademische Rätin a. Z./Postdoc, LMU Munich (prev.: University of Zurich & LSE)

Research interests:

  • CSS (automated content analysis, digital traces, bias, data access)
  • Digital journalism, crisis communication

More info: github.com/valeriehase & valerie-hase.com

A big thank you 🙌 to the organizers

Shoutout to the organizers behind the 7th Comptext, especially

  • Fabienne Lind
  • Veronika Ebner
  • Marcin Stecker

What is the goal of this workshop?

  • ✅ Understanding digital data traces as a type of data
  • ✅ Understanding data donation as a method of data access
  • ✅ Working through key steps of data donation methods (user & researcher view)
  • ✅ Discussing when (not) to use data donation studies
  • ❌ Detailed implementation (e.g., server set-up)

Timetable

⏰ 10:00–10:20 Session 1️⃣: Welcome & Intro to Digital Traces
⏰ 10:20–11:00 Session 2️⃣: Data Donation Studies (Participant Perspective)
⏰ 11:00–12:15 Session 3️⃣: Data Donation Studies (Researcher Perspective)
⏰ 12:15–12:45 Session 4️⃣: Bias in Data Donation Studies
⏰ 12:45–13:00 Session 5️⃣: Wrap-Up

Questions? 🤔